Through the Legacy of the Void campaign, one of Alarak's great complaints about Artanis is how naïve he is, especially when it comes to trying to save his people as opposed to destroy those corrupted by Amon.

Alarak: Aww, here you are, Artanis. Lost in the uncaring depths of space.

Artanis's exalamation is directly taken from finding the PurifierTalandar in Legacy of the Void, an AI consciousness with Fenix's personality. Fenix's quote comes from his first interaction with Artanis (the player character) during the StarCraft mission "First Strike."

Fenix:Adun be with you, Executor. Let us bring swift death to the enemies of Aiur.

Tassadar was the mentor to Artanis, and helped train him in the ways of the templar. After Tassadar's death, Artanis applied his teachings, and would often reflect on what he had told him to make leadership decisions.

The zerg are the great enemy of the protoss, having overrun Aiur, nearly wiped the protoss out on Shakuras and shattered the civilization. Even though by the end of Legacy of the Void they have a tenuous peace, Artanis still refuses to fully trust the zerg for the devastation they caused.

Fenix was a protoss hero and a close friend of Artanis. During StarCraft, Kerrigan allied with Raynor, Fenix and Mengsk to defeat the United Earth Directorate invading the sector, but after breaking their fortress on Korhal Kerrigan betrayed them, killing Fenix.

Jim Raynor and Artanis are close friends, having fought alongside each other through multiple wars, both fighting to help eachother's races. "Friend Raynor" is what most protoss refer to him as in StarCraft II.

"May Adun hide you” is the English translation for "Adun Toridas", which dark templar like Zeratul say as a greeting. Adun was the most famous protoss executor, who helped the Nerazim learn how to cloak themselves where the Conclave ordered their genocide. Adun gave his life to help them escape Aiur, but the Conclave twisted it to say he gave his life to drive them out.

The zerg are the great enemy of the protoss, having taken Aiur, killed millions of protoss, and opposed them at every turn. While they occasionally are forced to ally and eventually did make peace, Artanis can never truly forget what the zerg did to his people.

Karax is a Khalai caste worker who helped manage the Spear of Adun and its many systems, as well as the robotic protoss arsenal. During the Legacy of the Void campaign, Karax would frequently point out bonus objectives which yield solarite, a material used to upgrade the Spear of Adun's systems.

Will you stop poking me? Go dispense your aggression on one of the orcs! See how they like it!

In StarCraft, one of Artanis's poke quotes was "Stop poking me! Who do I look like, an orc?" Which in itself is a reference to the first poke quote in Blizzard games, which was the Warcraft 1 orc which would go "Stop poking me!"

By the way, I said StarCraft wasn't just Warcraft in space... Whatever this Heroes of the Storm thing is doesn't count.

Another reference to his StarCraft poke quotes, "This is not Warcraft in space! It's much more sophisticated! I know it's not 3D!" That was a poke at the common complaints levied at StarCraft early in its development, that it was "Warcraft in space".

Yes, my starship follows me wherever I go. It is like what you terrans refer to as a pet, only useful.

All through Legacy of the Void, Artanis brings his arkship the Spear of Adun with him up until his expedition into the Void. This is a poke at the fact Artanis has his ship above him in every battleground, even inside of the Tomb of the Spider Queen.

I was only made Hierarch a short time ago, but I'm still thinking about my career advancement. With a little luck, I'll be Highestarch in no time.

Artanis, though being cool headed most of the time, can also act out of emotion and rashly, as described in the Brood War manual, and shown when he led an ill-fated attack on Sarah Kerrigan and the and of the Brood War. Some of his Wings of Liberty poke quotes also reflect this nature.

The Spear of Adun was equipped with a Purifier beam, a large laser capable of leveling bases. The protoss utilized such beams in great number of purify planets of all life, and did so to stop the spread of zerg infestation.

The Spear of Adun was one of three great arkships, designed in order to sustain protoss civilization should a great tragedy befall their empire. Artanis reactivated the ship when one such tragedy occurred during the End War.

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